Lambda Mailer

Simple module for receiving an email from a contact form on your website.

Note!

Module needs Node.js version 8 or above.

Usage

Configuration is rather simple.

1. Enable your email address in the AWS console -> Simple Email Service

2. Install the module

$ npm i lambda-mailer

3. require() it in your handler.js

// define the options for your email and domain
const options = {
  myEmail: process.env.EMAIL, // myEmail is the email address you enabled in AWS SES in the AWS Console
  myDomain: process.env.DOMAIN // add the domain of your website or '*' if you want to accept requests from any domain
}
 
// initialize the function
const { sendJSON, sendFormEncoded } = require('lambda-mailer')(options)
 
// Content-Type: application/json
// The event.body needs to be a JSON object with 3 properties
// - email
// - name
// - content
module.exports.sendJSON = sendJSON
 
// Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
// The event.body needs to a URI encoded string with 3 parameters
// - email
// - name
// - content
module.exports.sendFormEncoded = sendFormEncoded
 

4. Hook it up to API Gateway in the serverless.yml

service: lambda-mailer
 
custom:
  secrets: ${file(secrets.json)}
 
provider:
  name: aws
  runtime: nodejs8.10
  stage: ${self:custom.secrets.NODE_ENV}
  region: us-east-1
  profile: ${self:custom.secrets.PROFILE}
  environment: 
    NODE_ENV: ${self:custom.secrets.NODE_ENV}
    EMAIL: ${self:custom.secrets.EMAIL}
    DOMAIN: ${self:custom.secrets.DOMAIN}
  iamRoleStatements:
    - Effect: "Allow"
      Action:
        - "ses:SendEmail"
      Resource: "*"
 
functions:
  sendJSON:
    handler: handler.sendJSON
    events:
      - http:
          path: email/send/json
          method: post
          cors: true
  sendFormEncoded:
    handler: handler.sendFormEncoded
    events:
      - http:
          path: email/send/formencoded
          method: post
          cors: true

5. Send an HTTP request to the API Gateway endpoint

Send a POST request of the type JSON with the body as stated below. The sample below is with CURL.

• request method: POST
• request body type: application/json
• request body: { email: String, name: String, content: String }

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"email":"[e-mail]","name":"John Doe","content":"I need some help!"}' \
  https://{id}.execute-api.{region}.amazonaws.com/{stage}/email/send/json

6. Send a regular form POST request to the API Gateway endpoint

Send a POST request using an HTML form. Sample below shows a simple HTML form.

<form action="https://{id}.execute-api.{region}.amazonaws.com/{stage}/dev/email/send/formencoded" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="name" required>
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="content" required></textarea>
</form>

By default the request will redirect back to the initial page the request was sent from. You can edit the redirectUrl by adding it as a query string parameter. Example below.

<form action="https://{id}.execute-api.{region}.amazonaws.com/{stage}/dev/email/send/formencoded?redirectUrl=https://someotherdomain.com" method="POST">
  <input type="text" name="name" required>
  <input type="email" name="email" required>
  <textarea name="content" required></textarea>
</form>

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Enjoy using the module. Feel free to open issues or feature requests. 😄